Interior-collar can



l 1930. M. E. WIDELL 1,754,449

INTERIOR COLLAR CAN Filed Jan. 26, 1924 Patented Apr. 15, 1930 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE MAG-NUS E. WIDEIJL, OI CINCINNATI, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO AMERICAN CAN COMPANY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATION OI-NEW JERSEY INTERIOR-COLLAR CAN Application filed January 26, 1924. Serial No. 688,641.

My present invention relates to side tearing strip cans provided with an interior collar extending above the tearing strip to prevent spllling of the contents when the tearing strip is removed and to provide a shoulder adapted to receive the severed cover as a slip closure after the container has been opened.

A principal object of the invention is the provision of an improved construction of the collar band in such a container adaptedto produce a particularly tight and effective joint between the ends of said band.

Numerous other'objects andadvantages of the invention will be apparent as it is better understood from the following description, which, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, discloses a preferred embodiment thereof.

Referring to the drawings,

Figure 1 is an elevational view, partially broken away and shown in section, of a container in which my invention is embodied Fig. 2 is a top plan view of-the collar band;

Fig. 3 is an enlarged section, taken substantially on the line 33 in Fig. 2; and

Fig. 4 is a similar section taken on the line 4-4 in Fig. 2.

The container as thus illustrated comprises a body 21, having permanently secured top and bottom ends 22 and 23 and being formed with the usual side seam 24:. A side tearing strip, indicated at 25, is set off by circumferential score lines 26 and 27 and is provided with diagonal scores 28 adapted to direct the line of tear back to the circumferential lines in case it should be deflected'therefrom. A

, tongue 30 is provided at the end of the tear- 'cated at 32 and 33, and are interlocked, as

shown in Figs. 1 and 3. The sections of the ends between said slits 32 and 33 arewelded together at points indicated by the reference characters 34, 35 and 36. A very tlght omt is thus formed, resulting in a substantially continuous member fitting snugly within. the container body.

For the purposes-of the best economical, rapid and successful production by automatic machinery these collars must be made, and

maintained until they are accurately-inserted 1n the cans, of exact dlameter and of uniform stood from the foregoing description, and it will be apparent that various changes may be made in the form, construction and arrangement of the parts without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention, or sacrificing all of its material advantages, the form hereinbefore described being mercly a preferred embodiment thereof.

I claim: 4

1. A container, comprising a body scored circ'umferentially to provide a side tearing. strip, a top secured to said body, and a collar secured to the body beneath said tearing strip and extending thereabove, said collar having its ends overlapped and welded together to form a continuous member fitting snugly within the body of the container, the body being one piece of metal extending down past and below said collar.

2. A container, comprising a body scored circumferentially to provide a side tearing strip, a top secured to said body, and a collar secured to the body beneath said tearing strip and extending thereabove, said collar having its ends interlocked and welded together to form a continuous member fitting snugly within the body of the container, the body being one piece of metal extending down past and below said collar.

3. A container, comprising a body scored circumferentially to provide a side tearing strip, a top secured to said body, and a collar secured to the body beneath said tearing strip and extending thereabove, said collar yes having its end slitted and interengaged and having the individual sections between the slits welded together to form a continuous member fitting snugly within the body of the container, the body being one piece of metal extending down-past and below said collar. MAGNUS E. WIDELL. 

